Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 214

Chapter 214 – 149 Paranoia: Am I Really Fighting the Black Judge?
[Good morning, Mr. Player. Today is July 8, 2028, and there are only 345 days left until the deadline to complete the ultimate task ‘Extinction Superhuman.’]

Ke Mingye often thought that if he blinded himself, maybe he wouldn’t see this panel when he woke up, but after calming down, he realized that since it was transmitted from his brain, he couldn’t block it even if he lost his vision.

Because he was really tired, he skipped his morning run today. Just two seconds after sitting up in bed, he flopped back down and deeply fell back to sleep.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already nine in the morning, and Bai Ziling was there to wake him up for breakfast.

“Get up, otherwise I’ll have Ni wake you,” her emotionless voice came from outside the door.

“Please don’t let her wake me…” Ke Mingye said as he turned over in bed, burying his face in the pillow, “I’ll get high blood pressure.”

His favorite thing was having Bai Ziling wake him up; her void of aggression and pressure, like a cool thin snowflake brushing across his cheek, naturally carried a hypnotic effect that always let him laze in bed a bit longer.

“Then I’ll call Mom.”

Bai Ziling paused outside the door, no sooner had she finished speaking than Bai Wenna’s voice came from the living room downstairs: “Mingye, if you don’t get up I’m going to lock your door!”

“Oh my goodness…”

Ke Mingye scratched his messy hair, got out of bed, slipped on his slippers, and hung his head low as he opened the door to find Bai Ziling standing there with her hands behind her back, waiting.

Today, Bai Ziling had her snow-white hair neatly tied in a high ponytail, a rarity for her. She usually didn’t style her hair like her sister, so Ke Mingye took a second look.

“Why the change in hairstyle?”

“Does it look good?”

Bai Ziling asked expressionlessly, lifting her red eyes from the wisps of hair in front of her forehead and staring motionlessly at him.

“You’re asking me for advice? You might get better opinions from your sisters… just don’t take our brother’s advice, anyone else’s taste in aesthetics, no matter how bad, is still within human range, brother’s like from Mars.”

“I asked you.”

“Looks good, looks good.”

Ke Mingye said sleepily, reaching out to ruffle her head as she bowed it slightly, then suddenly murmured softly, “I feel…”

“Feel what?” Ke Mingye yawned, smacking his lips as he asked.

“Sometimes making a change isn’t bad,” Bai Ziling said.

“Oh, is that so? I read online that when girls change their hairstyles, it’s like they’re changing their moods. You might want to try that more often.”

Ke Mingye said as he walked into the bathroom, washing up in front of the mirror, asked nonchalantly, “Speaking of which, what was with you yesterday? You seemed a bit down.”

“Just thinking that everyone will grow up and leave home eventually… I’ll have to leave too, sooner or later.”

“You don’t have to leave; what are you thinking?”

Ke Mingye stared at his face in the mirror, muttering to himself.

“What if I have to leave?”

Bai Ziling’s voice got softer but was still devoid of emotion.

“Then we’ll just bring you back,” Ke Mingye said while brushing his teeth, his voice muffled, “like that time at the barber shop, remember?”

“…remember.”

“If you’re feeling down and want to get some air, that’s fine too; I’ll just ride a bike and bring you back,” Ke Mingye paused for a bit, lowered his eyes, and said, “after all, I’m your brother.”

After finishing, he “gurgled” his mouthwash, spat it out into the sink, and then washed his face.

“So why the unhappiness, did you get dumped?”

Seeing no response from behind, Ke Mingye turned his head slightly and asked.

“No.” Bai Ziling leaned against the hallway wall, lowered her eyes slightly, and shook her head gently, “Actually, I am…” she paused for a while, slowly raised her hands making a scratching gesture, her mouth also slightly opened, showing a glimpse of her small fangs, “a vampire.”

She said it earnestly, yet her voice remained as emotionless as ever.

“Haha… that’s great, hurry up and drain mom’s blood dry, or she’ll lock my door and I’ll have no privacy at home anymore.”

Ke Mingye said as he walked out of the bathroom, patted her shoulder, “Let’s go, eat breakfast, comrade vampire.”

“Aren’t you surprised?”

Their figures passed under the pumpkin lamp, and Bai Ziling’s pale face was veiled in a faint halo of light.

“Damn, I am so surprised I can barely keep my eyeballs from falling out,” Ke Mingye said expressionlessly.

“What if I wasn’t joking, if I really were a vampire… would you still ride your bike to bring me back home then?”

As they walked side by side down the stairs, Bai Ziling asked softly.

“Of course, even if you were an alien I’d take you home,” Ke Mingye said lightly, “but my bike was stolen back in junior high, you’d have to persuade mom to buy me another one.”

“Hmm… that’s a bit tricky,” Bai Ziling shook her head, a silent, subtle smile on her face.

At the dining table, Ke Mingye checked the local discussion group while eating, Gastella hadn’t sent a message yet.

Halfway through the meal, Ke Yinzhi threw on a coat and left, saying someone had asked him out for coffee and a movie, and he was nearly three minutes late.

Bai Zini and Bai Qiuwu sighed, wondering how someone with his memory and character managed to get a girlfriend?

Upon hearing this, Ke Xiaomo, with chopsticks in mouth, glanced up at them and asked expressionlessly, “Then do you think I have a chance?”

Bai Zini squinted her eyes, “I guess… unless someone likes dating an old man.”